After-school clubs that include worship and Bible study straddle a fine line
with regard to the First Amendment. In a recently settled lawsuit, officials at
Middlebury Union
High School determined that current
federal law says religious clubs deserve the same benefits and support as other
school-sanctioned co-curricular activities.

Lee Sease is the Addison Central Supervisory Union Superintendent. Cheryl Hanna is a Vermont
Law School
professor. They spoke with VPR's Jane
Lindholm about the decision to give a
youth religious club space to meet, a budget and an on-campus adviser, and the
evolution of legal thinking on the issue.